Stake attention in this memory
The image depicts a close-up view of printed text on a dark surface. The text describes the Pockthorpe Cope, an ankle-length cloak from approximately 1480, used in Church ceremonies and processions. It details the cloak's lavish decoration with silk, velvet, colored silk embroidery, gold thread, and motifs such as double-headed eagles and fleurs-de-lys. The text further explains how religious changes in the 1500s led to the confiscation and destruction of many vestments, with adaptations to others. The cope was altered by unpicking images and repurposing it as a Protestant communion table cover before being converted back into a cope and worn by vicars at St. James' Church in Pockthorpe until the 1940s. Pockthorpe is a district located in the city of Norwich, United Kingdom.
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